Disasters and accidents

• A United States Air Force V-22 Osprey crashes off the coast of Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture with six crew members onboard. A search and rescue operation has been launched, according to the Japan Coast Guard. (CNN)

• Expo 2030
  • Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh is chosen to host the 2030 World Expo, over South Korean port city Busan and Rome for the event expected to draw millions of visitors. (GDN Online)
• Finland–Poland relations, Finland–Russia relations
  • National Security Bureau chief Jacek Siewiera announces that Poland will send "a team of military advisors" to the Finland–Russia border in response to an official request for allied support. Russia warns against the move, viewing the concentration of troops on the border as a "threat." (Reuters)

• Solar Cycle 25
  • NASA says a coronal mass ejection (CME) directed at Earth will result in a geomagnetic storm causing disruption to radio and GPS communications on November 30, particularly in the Southern Hemisphere. (Times of India)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
    • 2023 Israel–Hamas ceasefire
      • Hamas releases two Thai migrant workers, 10 Israeli hostages and a pet dog, while Israel releases 30 Palestinian prisoners. (The Times of Israel) (AP via ABC News)
  • Israeli incursions in the West Bank
    • Two Palestinians are killed during clashes with Israeli Defense Forces in the West Bank. (The Times of Israel)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Battle of Avdiivka
      • Russian forces advance on "all sides" of Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine as they attempt to encircle the city. Heavy fighting is reported for control of the Avdiivka Coke Plant. (Reuters) (The Independent)
• New People's Army rebellion
  • The Philippine government and communist rebels, represented by the National Democratic Front, agree to resume peace talks after six years. (Reuters)

• 2023 Uttarakhand tunnel rescue
  • Rescuers in Uttarakhand, India, successfully drill through to 41 men who had been trapped for over two weeks following a tunnel collapse. (CNN)
• A rock burst at a coal mine in Shuangyashan, Heilongjiang, China, kills eleven miners. (AP via ABC News)
• Four miners are killed and another is injured after a water pipeline ruptured inside a coal mine in Jaworzno, Poland. (AP)
• Three people are killed in an explosion at a business in Hillsboro, Ohio, United States. (WHIO)

• Finland–Russia relations
  • Finland closes the entire border with Russia after accusing the Russian government of facilitating the entry of asylum seekers into the country. (The Guardian)
• Russia–United States relations
  • A Russian district court extends American journalist Evan Gershkovich's detention on espionage charges until January 30, 2024. (AFP via France 24)

• Hijab and burka controversies in Europe
  • The Court of Justice of the European Union rules that employees can be banned from wearing "signs of religious belief", such as Islamic hijabs, in all European Union member states. Critics say the ruling will disproportionately affect Muslim women. (The Independent via Yahoo! News)
• Regulation of electronic cigarettes
  • The Australian government announces a ban on the import of disposable electronic cigarettes, effective January 1, 2024, in an effort to reduce nicotine addiction in children and young adults. (BBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
    • 2023 Israel–Hamas ceasefire
      • Hamas releases 11 Israeli hostages, while Israel releases 33 Palestinian prisoners. (The Times of Israel)
      • Qatar announces an agreement between Israel and Hamas to extend the ceasefire by two days. (The Times of Israel)

• The world's largest cruise ship, Icon of the Seas, is delivered to Royal Caribbean International. (BI)

• 2023 Africa floods
  • The death toll from floods in Kenya rises to 76 as 40,000 people are displaced from their homes. (AP)
• Impala Platinum mine shaft accident
  • Eleven workers are killed and 75 others are injured at an Impala platinum mine in Rustenburg, North West, South Africa, when a lift transporting them to the surface drops approximately . (Al Jazeera)
• A snowstorm kills at least five people in Ukraine and three people in neighbouring Moldova with hundreds of towns and villages losing power. A least ten state highways are also closed with thousands of vehicles stranded in Ukraine amid the severe weather. (Reuters)

• A Chinese court commences compensation hearings for the Chinese relatives of passengers on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. (Reuters)
• International Criminal Court Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem terminates all further investigations into crimes related to the 2007–2008 Kenyan crisis, following the collapse of cases against six suspects, including former and current Presidents Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto, due to insufficient evidence and witness tampering. (AFP via VOA)

• 2023 Malagasy presidential election
  • Two Madagascar army colonels are detained and charged with inciting mutiny and threatening national security during the election, with allegations of offering bribes to army leaders to destabilize the election results that declared Andry Rajoelina the winner. (AFP via The EastAfrican)
• Christopher Luxon is sworn in as the 42nd prime minister of New Zealand by Governor-General Cindy Kiro. (AFP via The Daily Star)
• The Australian government dismisses Mike Pezzullo as Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs for breaching the public service code of conduct, following an investigation into Pezzullo's alleged encrypted communications with other politicians. (AFP via New Vision)

• The British Antarctic Survey confirms that the world's largest iceberg, A23a, is now leaving the Weddell Sea and drifting into the Southern Ocean after being in the Weddell Sea for more than 30 years. The iceberg is expected to follow the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and continue to drift away from Antarctica. (The Guardian)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Freetown attacks
  • Sierra Leone declares a national curfew following an attack by militants on barracks in Freetown. The militants later break into Freetown Central Prison, setting some inmates free. (Reuters)
• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
    • 2023 Israel–Hamas ceasefire
      • Hamas releases three Thai migrant workers and 14 Israeli hostages, while Israel releases 39 Palestinian prisoners. (The Times of Israel)
  • Houthi involvement in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, 2023 attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria
    • Houthi forces fire two ballistic missiles at the USS Mason, with both missiles landing short of the ship in the Gulf of Aden. (Fox News)
    • Armed assailants seize and later release a tanker linked to Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer, with 22 crew members on board, off the coast of Yemen. The United States Navy captures the attackers. (AP)
  • Eight Palestinians are killed and at least six others are injured in Israeli raids in the West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
  • The Palestine Red Crescent Society says that a Palestinian farmer was killed and another was injured when they were targeted by Israeli forces in the Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza. (Reuters)
  • Hamas confirms the deaths of several senior commanders including Ahmed Ghandour, the commander of its Northern Gaza brigade, and Ayman Siam, the head of its rocket firing array. The Israel Defense Forces had previously said it had targeted Ghandour and Siam, but did not confirm that they had been killed. (The Times of Israel)
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu becomes the first Israeli head of government to enter the Gaza Strip in two decades, after visiting Israel Defense Forces troops stationed there. (The Jerusalem Post)
• Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
  • Siege of Djibo
    • Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin militants launch a series of attacks in Djibo, Burkina Faso, killing at least 40 people and injuring 42 others, according to the UN Human Rights Office. (France 24)

• 2023 Booker Prize
  • Irish writer Paul Lynch wins the Booker Prize for his novel Prophet Song. (AFP via RFI)

• The cargo ship Raptor sinks off the Greek island of Lesbos with 14 crew members on board. The coast guard rescues one person and recovers the body of one of the other crew members. (AFP via France 24)

• China–Malaysia relations, India–Malaysia relations
  • Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announces at a People's Justice Party congress that citizens of China and India will have visa-free travel from December 1, allowing stays of up to 30 days in a bid to boost tourism. (Reuters)
• Germany–Mali relations
  • German Catholic priest Hans-Joachim Lohre, who disappeared in Bamako, Mali, in November 2022 and was presumed kidnapped, is released and returns to Germany. (AFP via The News)
• Guyana–Venezuela relations
  • Guyanese President Irfaan Ali visits the region of Guayana Esequiba and hoists the Guyanese flag, amid heightening tensions with Venezuela over the territory. Venezuela calls the action a "provocation". (El Economista)

• Corruption in Kuwait
  • Kuwait's highest court sentences former defense and interior minister Khaled Al Jarrah Al Sabah to seven years in prison for mishandling military funds while former Prime Minister Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, who faced similar charges, is only ordered by the court to return the funds that he mismanaged. (Reuters via Al Arabiya)
• Violent incidents in reaction to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • Anti-Palestinianism during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
    • 2023 shooting of Palestinian students in Burlington, Vermont
      • Three students of Palestinian ethnicity are shot and injured by an unknown attacker in Burlington, Vermont, United States, in what police are investigating as a possible hate crime. (Time)
• Three people are killed and two others are critically injured in a mass shooting at a residence in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (UPI)

• 2023 ATP Tour
  • 2023 Davis Cup
    • In tennis, Italy wins its first Davis Cup title since 1976 after defeating Australia 2–0 in the finals. (The Guardian)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
    • 2023 Israel–Hamas ceasefire
      • On day 2 of the ceasefire, Hamas releases 13 Israeli hostages and 4 Thai migrant workers, while Israel releases 39 Palestinian prisoners.(The Guardian)
  • The Israeli government will summon the Belgian and Spanish ambassadors following their criticism of Israel for the suffering of Palestinian civilians under Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip by Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. (AP)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russia launches 75 drones against Ukraine from two directions, Primorsko-Akhtarsk and the Kursk region. In response, Ukraine launches 20 drones against Russia, including the capital, Moscow. (CNN) (Reuters) (AP)
• Syrian civil war
  • Syrian military shelling in rebel-held Qoqfin, Idlib Governorate, kills ten people, including seven children. (AP via ABC News)

• 2023 Karachi mall fire
  • Eleven people are killed and 35 others are injured by a fire at a shopping mall in Karachi, Pakistan. (AFP via The Guardian)
• Five climbers are killed and four others are injured by an avalanche in the Zagros Mountains in Lorestan, Iran. (AP)
• Four people are killed and 60 others are injured in a stampede at a music festival in Kochi, Kerala, India. (AP)

• 2022–2023 mpox outbreak, Mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • The World Health Organization records the highest annual count of mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with 12,569 cases and 581 deaths reported until November 2023. (AFP via The Straits Times)

• Four people are killed and another is injured as a former soldier and para-athlete opens fire at his wedding party in northeast Thailand, before killing himself. (BBC News)

• 2023 Malagasy presidential election
  • Madagascar opposition presidential candidate appeals to the Supreme Court to annul the election results, claiming electoral fraud. (Al Jazeera)

• 2023 U Sports football season
  • 58th Vanier Cup
    • In Canadian football, the Montreal Carabins defeat the UBC Thunderbirds 16–9 to win their second national university football championship. (CBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
    • 2023 Israel–Hamas ceasefire
      • An agreement to pause fighting in the Gaza Strip for four days enters into effect at 7am. (Al Jazeera)
      • On the first day of the ceasefire Hamas releases 13 Israeli hostages, some of whom are dual citizens, while Israel releases 39 Palestinian prisoners as part of the ceasefire agreement. (CNN) (Times of Israel)
      • Hamas releases one Filipino and 10 Thai hostages as part of a separate deal with the Thai government which was brokered by Iran. (Time) (Times of Israel)

• Somalia is admitted as the 8th member of the East African Community. (BBC News)

• Mexican drug war
  • The security chief for El Chapo's Sinaloa Cartel Nestor Isidro Pérez Salas, also known as "El Nini", is arrested in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. The United States Drug Enforcement Administration had a $3 million bounty for El Nini's arrest. (CBS News)
• Bangladeshi police intercept and detain 58 Rohingya refugees attempting to travel to Indonesia by boat, citing risks of human trafficking. (AFP via CNA)
• Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa repeals the country's ten-year policy permitting possession of small drug quantities in an effort to curb "micro-trafficking". (AFP via ABS-CBN News)
• The Supreme Court of Montenegro approves the extradition of South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon, as requested by South Korea and the United States, following the collapse of Kwon's company Terraform Labs. (Reuters)

• Nepalese police arrest 74 pro-monarchy protesters and supporters of businessman Durga Prasai. (The Kathmandu Post) (Crisis 24)

• Astronomers at the Telescope Array Project in Utah, United States, observe the second largest cosmic ray ever detected, the so-called Amaterasu particle, with an energy of 244 EeV. (Cosmos Magazine)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • Al-Shifa Hospital siege
    • The Israel Defense Forces detain Mohammad abu Salmiya, the director of the Al-Shifa Hospital, and several doctors working under him, after a convoy belonging to the World Health Organization was stopped by Israeli soldiers. Israel accuses the director and the doctors of having sheltered Hamas fighters in the hospital. (The Guardian)
  • Houthi involvement in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
    • CENTCOM reports that the USS Thomas Hudner has shot down "multiple" Israel-bound attack drones launched from Houthi-controlled Yemen over the Red Sea. No injuries or damage are reported. (The Hill)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Southern Ukraine campaign
    • A Russian cluster munition strike in Chornobaivka, Kherson, kills at least three civilians. Five people are also injured by Russian artillery shelling with more than 60 residential buildings reportedly damaged. (AP via ABC News)

• Modern immigration to the United Kingdom
  • The Office for National Statistics reports that net migration to the United Kingdom reached a record of 745,000 in 2022, with the vast majority of arrivals being from non-EU countries. (Sky News)

• 2023 Chinese pneumonia outbreak
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that Chinese authorities have not detected any unusual or new pathogens in the recent increase of respiratory diseases among children in northern China. The WHO continues to monitor the situation. (AFP via NDTV)
• Mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • The World Health Organization reports the first sexual transmission case of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a Belgium resident who traveled there. (Al Jazeera)

• Japan–South Korea relations
  • The High Court of Seoul, South Korea, orders Japan to pay compensation of ₩200 million (around or US$154,000) to 16 comfort women, overturning a previous ruling that denied the women's claims due to sovereign immunity. (AFP via Manila Bulletin)
• North Korea–South Korea relations
  • North Korea terminates its 2018 agreement with South Korea, citing escalations in military provocations as well as plans to deploy military forces along the Military Demarcation Line. (AFP via Le Monde)

• 2023 Dublin riot
  • Rioting occurs in Dublin, Ireland, following a mass stabbing outside a school which injured a woman and three children. Garda Commissioner Drew Harris blames "far-right hooligans" for the unrest. (AP)
• Chad's junta parliament approves an amnesty law, terminating prosecutions and convictions related to the 2022 anti-government protest deaths. (AFP via Hindustan Times)

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war protests
  • Pro-Palestine protesters disrupt the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, United States, minutes after the start of the parade. The parade resumes after the protesters are taken into custody. (ABC News)
  • Cubans hold a pro-Palestine protest at the Embassy of the United States in Havana, Cuba. (Reuters)